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In this age of instant cinematic gratification, you can log on to Netflix, push the "play" icon, and watch … your own backyard. The Netflix offerings that you can "Watch Instantly" span the globe, the entire history of moviemaking, and every conceivable film genre. Let's concentrate on Connectictut for a minute. Dozens of movies made in the Nutmeg state are on Netflix, streaming as smoothly as the Connecticut River. Hollywood comes to Connecticut for the scenery, or for easily grasped symbols of class, privilege and intellectualism. Very few major motion pictures have actually delved into the state's history. The best-known one that has is doubtlessly...

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In this age of instant cinematic gratification, you can log on to Netflix, push the "play" icon, and watch … your own backyard.
The Netflix offerings that you can "Watch Instantly" span the globe, the entire history of moviemaking,...

Families of the world, unite. It's safe to return to the television, together.
For years, television has been criticized by many for being too violent, too sex-obsessed, too adult. The official "family viewing hour" disappeared in 1977, and...

Fox's "Family Guy" and ABC's "Resurrection" were Sunday night's highest-rated network shows among key young adults, though it appears that golf-boosted CBS had the best ratings overall.
"Family Guy" scored a rating...

Taylor Swift proved over the weekend that she's pretty darn committed to her superfans: The "Mine" singer reportedly stopped everything in order to fly to Ohio to make a surprise appearance at one lucky fan's bridal shower.
Hey, if you invite...

SHREVEPORT, La.— A woodsy stretch of Willow Lake Farm, just outside this city, has been painstakingly built to look like a 17th century New England village, filled with shops and houses with steep-pitched roofs and drab clapboard exteriors.
Milling about...

Wicked amd evil collide as the Wicked Witch and the Evil Queen are finally face-to-face in this "Witch Hunt" episode of "Once Upon a Time," and a powerful player is back among the group.
The red hair and green skin combo is awesome as...

Diva Rule No. 1: Know how to make a big entrance. Diva Rule No. 2: Know how to make a big exit.
Diva Rule No. 3: Do these things as often as humanly possible.
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A new princess is introduced in "The Tower" episode of "Once Upon a Time," but singing birds and glass slippers are replaced by scary, black robe-wearing creatures as we say hello to Rapunzel.
The episode starts off with a nightmare...

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ABC, the only network to have bypassed handing out early renewals for its series, is finally feeling generous.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. — Late one night, in the woods on the outskirts of this low-key coastal town, a "burn" is being prepared.
To enact the burn — an elaborate, fiery TV stunt — a twentysomething actress, caked in black witch makeup that took six...

Lana Parrilla is getting her own fairy-tale love story: The actress is now engaged to beau Fred Di Blasio.
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Rachael Leigh Cook and Daniel Gillies are having a baby!
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"I've been...

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Thursday night's "Glee," an emotional tribute to its former cast member Cory Monteith who died earlier this year, drew an audience of 7.4 million, according to early numbers from Nielsen.
The episode of the Fox series got a rating of 2.8 in the...

"Once Upon a Time" costars Ginnifer Goodwin and Josh Dallas are engaged!
This isn't boding well for young girls with fairy tale-like princess aspirations...
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Lauren Conrad is engaged to William Tell!
The former star of MTV's "The Hills" announced the news on her blog Sunday, already making arrangements to share her wedding planning details.
"I am very excited to share with you guys that...